History
Who studied behaviorism and consciousness
John B. Watson
Participants don't know whether they are receiving the treatment or not
single blind experiment
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Consciousness
Basic building blocks of hereditary
Genes
A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods
psychoactive drug
Creator of the Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow
Participants & researchers are unaware of who has obtained the treatment
Double-blind experiment
When a person focuses their attention on an image or thought with the goal of clearing the mind and creating relaxation
Meditation
Acetylcholine and Dopamine are examples of
neurotransmitters
drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body function
depressants
Who studied neurology, psychoanalysis, and sexual & aggressive dreams?
Sigmund Freud
An inert substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value
Placebo
What does REM stand for
Rapid Eye Movement
Imaging technique used to study the brain
CAT scan
compulsive craving of drugs or certain behaviors despite adverse consequences
addiction
Established classical conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
Observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time
Longitudinal method
The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle
Circadian Rhythm
The _____ carries messages away from the cell body
axon
the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior
withdrawal
Psychology was born in what date?
1879
Involves using different groups of people who differ in the variable of interest but shares characteristics
Cross-sectional method
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep.
Narcolepsy
What neurotransmitter is most directly associated with Alzheimer's Disease
Acetylcholine
psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger dose before experiencing the drug's effect.
Tolerance